iPhone 18 Pro: Three new features could make you want to upgrade

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iPhone 18 Pro is coming this fall, and three new features could be among the top upgrade motivators for Apple’s latest flagship model.

#1: New camera improvements

Mark Gurman recently said that iPhone 18 Pro will include “some of the biggest camera hardware upgrades in the lineup’s history.”

Rumors so far point to at least a few specific features:

Variable aperture Main camera
Telephoto camera with wider aperture
Redesigned Camera Control button

Variable aperture might be Apple’s biggest upgrade. It’s expected to enable users to adjust depth of field to perfectly suit the kind of shot they’re taking. My colleague Ben explains:

You can have a shallow DoF when you want to isolate the subject from the background, a medium DoF when you want isolation while ensuring the background is still recognizable, or a deep DoF when you want everything in shot to be in focus.

A wider aperture for the Telephoto camera will enable better low-light performance with the iPhone’s 4x and 8x zoom options. And Apple’s redesign of Camera Control could prove that less is more.

#2: Best battery life ever

iPhone 17 Pro came with impressive battery gains, but rumors indicate Apple will extend battery life even further on iPhone 18 Pro.

Battery improvements are expected thanks to three changes:

A physically larger battery
A20 Pro chip offering efficiency gains
C2 modem also being more power efficient

A leak earlier this year showed a modestly larger battery coming to iPhone 18 Pro Max. But battery life should also benefit from the A20 Pro chip’s 2nm process, and the switch from a Qualcomm 5G modem to an Apple-designed C2 modem.

All of this will add up to iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max offering the best battery life ever on iPhone.